Efforts to raise the bar of higher education so as to respond to dynamic societal/industry
needs have led to a number of initiatives, including artificial neural network (ANN) based …

This article presents a literature review of the use of the OR technique of discrete-event
simulation (DES) in conjunction with the big data analytics (BDA) approaches of data …

Spot instances were introduced by Amazon EC2 in December 2009 to sell its spare capacity
through auction based market mechanism. Despite its extremely low prices, cloud spot …

To efficiently manage large-scale cloud data centers, it is critical to understand data centers'
workload, energy, and thermal characteristics and their impact on the system through data …

In recent years, the focus of healthcare and wellness technologies has shown a significant
shift towards personal vital signs devices. The technology has evolved from smartphone …

As remote sensing equipment and networked observational devices continue to proliferate,
their corresponding data volumes have surpassed the storage and processing capabilities …

Construction contractors play a vital role in reducing the environmental impacts during the
construction phase. To mitigate these impacts, contractors need to develop environmentally …

Due to increasing globalization, market penetration, and technological progress, more
products are becoming highly standardized and interchangeable. This has led to fierce price …

Deep learning (DL) has achieved superior classification in many applications due to its
capability of extracting features from the data. However, the success of DL comes with the …

Given the non-repeatability, complexity, and unpredictability of unconventional public health
emergencies, building accurate models and making effective response decisions based …